2017 CEV SNOW VOLLEYBALL EUROPEAN TOUR. OFFICIAL COMMUNICATION No. 1

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1 2017 CEV SNOW VOLLEYBALL EUROPEAN TOUR OFFICIAL COMMUNICATION No GENERAL INFORMATION 1.1 CALENDAR Date Venue Gender Prize Money No. of Main Draw Teams Registration Deadline February Špindlerův Mlýn CZE 10 February March Disentis SUI 24 February March Kranjska Gora SLO 3 March March Wagrain-Kleinarl AUT 10 March 1 2 April Malbun LIE 17 March 8 9 April Kronplatz / Plan de Corones ITA 24 March Additional events may be organised in Turkey (at Keyseri, Mount Erciyes and/or Bursa, Mount Uludağ), respective update will be circullated upon confirmation.

2 1.2 RULES OF THE GAME All events of the CEV Snow Volleyball European Tour shall be organised and played under the 2017 CEV Snow Volleyball Rules. The basis is the current FIVB Official Beach Volleyball Rules with the following main exceptions: - Sets played until 11 in a best-of-three format (optionally best-of-five for final matches) - Court switch after 7 points in all sets - Players must wear shoes with a good grip on snow (e.g. soccer shoes) which do not pose any threat to the players health and safety - No second referee - Minimum 2m free zone 1.3 COMPETITION FORMAT The 2017 CEV Snow Volleyball European Tour events are composed by the following 2 phases: - Qualification Tournament (if any) - Tournament The Qualification Tournament is played according to the Single Elimination system. The is played according to the Double Elimination system. 1.4 NUMBER OF PARTICIPATING TEAMS The total number of teams participating in the is 32, 24, 16 or 12 per gender and divided as follows: 32 team 24 team 16 team 12 team Host Country teams Foreign teams per NF Max. 8 Max. 6 Max. 4 Max. 3 Wild Card teams Max. 2 Max. 2 Max. 2 Max. 2 From Qualification Tournament In case of not enough registrations additional teams may be added to fill the draw according to the following priority: - foreign teams, - host country teams. Page 2 of 7

3 1.5 CEV SNOW VOLLEYBALL RANKING The CEV Snow Volleyball Ranking is calculated by adding each athlete s Snow Volleyball Ranking points earned over 365-day period from the date the points are calculated, and including the events organised for the CEV 2016 Snow Volleyball Tour. The CEV Snow Volleyball Ranking will be available on the CEV website and will be re-calculated and published after each tournament, where points are allocated. 1.6 ALLOCATION OF TEAMS All teams entered in an event are distributed between the, Qualification Tournament and Reserve List according to their CEV Snow Volleyball Ranking points 12 days before the competition while taking into consideration the Country Quota rules. An eventual tie shall first be resolved by the highest amount of ranking points counting to the Snow Volleyball ranking (then by the second highest, third highest amount until the tie is broken) of the teams concerned; in case a tie still exists by a drawing of lots. 1.7 SEEDING Once all the participating teams are known and have confirmed their presence during the Preliminary Inquiry, the teams will be seeded in the competition bracket according to their current CEV Snow Volleyball Ranking points. In case of a tie, a drawing of lots will decide. If the hosting National Volleyball Federation has no team among the top 8 (32 team ), top 6 (24 team ), top 4 (16 team ), top 3 (12 team ) seeded teams, they will be allowed to allocate their best ranked team on place 8, 6, 4, 3 in order to help the promotion of the competition. Wild cards will be seeded by CEV depending on the level of the players. 1.8 REGISTRATION OF TEAMS AND PLAYERS The registration process needs two steps in case events are organized by the promoter chaka2 (currently all events listed in article 1.1). In case of additional events which will be organized by another promoter only step 2 is needed. Step 1: Registration on by the players which creates an automatic with all necessary information to the respective National Federation. Step 2: The National Federations have to register their teams through the Volleyball Information System (VIS - similar to CEV/FIVB Beach Volleyball events. Teams can be registered for CEV Snow Volleyball European Tour events exclusively by their respective National Federation 15 days at the latest before the start of the event they intend to join. All deadlines concerning entries are calculated from the start of each Tournament. Page 3 of 7

4 - Each National Federation is provided with an individual and secured user access (user name and password) through its own address. - After Log in, the National Federation may select any team and register it in the CEV Tournaments by following this procedure: Select first player (status Beach ); Select his/her teammate; Select any available tournament from the Calendar; Confirm the entry of the team. - The team is automatically registered in the selected tournament database and is instantly included in the tentative list posted on the CEV website for each event. While this procedure allows the National Federations to directly control that their teams are correctly entered, it also gives them the opportunity to immediately contact the webmaster (vis@fivb.org and snow@cev.lu) in case a technical problem occurs. - Each National Federation may directly enter new players as the computer instantly generates CEV/FIVB # for the new player as well as a user name and password. - Each National Federation and player will be responsible for checking the entry through Internet by consulting the tentative Entry List for each event. 1.9 REPLACEMENT OF A PLAYER Players can be replaced until the start of the Preliminary Inquiry of the respective event. After the replacement of a player the new team s ranking points as of 12 days before the event are taken into consideration for the new team s entry, independent of the date of the replacement. The new team is then placed into the, Qualification Tournament or Reserve List WITHDRAWAL & LATE ARRIVAL In case the withdrawal occurs after the registration deadline, the players/national Federations must inform the CEV Office (snow@cev.lu), the appointed CEV Delegate and the organiser before the respective Preliminary Inquiry. In case of last minute withdrawals which occur after Monday 5pm (Luxembourg time) in the week of the competition, the concerned team/player will be allocated on the last position of the Confirmed List for the next event the team/player will participate in. The only exceptions are withdrawals from the Reserve List. Players who do not arrive or arrive late for the Preliminary Inquiry of the Qualification and/or the Main Draw and have not received the authorisation of the CEV Delegate are excluded from the event for no show and sanctioned (see above) RIGHT OF PARTICIPATION OF TEAMS The right of participation shall become effective as soon as the teams names appear on the Confirmed List established by CEV for each event. The Confirmed List is sent to the National Page 4 of 7

5 Federations concerned. It is the National Federations responsibility to inform their players accordingly. A team is composed of two players of the same nationality and same gender RIGHT OF PARTICIPATION OF PLAYERS A player wishing to take part in a CEV sanctioned competition must possess the nationality of the country he/she intends to play for. Only players not suspended by CEV and/or FIVB for the event concerned are allowed to participate. The CEV Snow Volleyball Player s Commitment shall be duly signed by the concerned player(s) and must be presented during the Preliminary Inquiry before each event the player participates in. If not, the player will be not allowed to participate WILD CARDS CEV has the right to grant up to 2 Wild Cards for the per event upon request of National Federations or upon its own initiative. The deadline to submit wild card requests for National Federations to the CEV office is 15 days before the event using the SV-02 form. The allocation of wild card(s) will be communicated with the Confirmed List 12 days before the event. For every unused Wild Card, the best ranked team of the Confirmed List will be admitted directly to the. In case of composition changes to the Wild Card team, the Wild Card is not transferable to a new player/team unless exceptionally approved by CEV. If not approved, the new team will be placed according to the new team s ranking points as of 12 days before the event. The new team is then placed into the, Qualification Tournament or Reserve List. Wild Cards are not taken into consideration for the Country Quota ALLOCATION OF POINTS A player shall be allocated the CEV Snow Volleyball ranking points according to his/her classification in the competition he/she took part in. The ranking point table you can find hereafter. Rank Points 1 st nd 80 3 rd 60 4 th 50 5 th 40 7 th 30 9 th th th th th 5 Page 5 of 7

6 1.15 PRIZE MONEY BREAKDOWN Rank Prize Money per team Prize Money per team (MEN Competition) (WOMEN Competition) 1 st nd rd th th (x2) 75 Total 1, Prize Money will be paid to the players by the promoter via bank transfer MAKE AND TYPE OF BALLS The ball to be used is the MIKASA VLS VISA APPLICATION PROCEDURE Players, Officials, and National Federations are requested to apply early enough for visas, whenever needed. The hosting Federation should be contacted to receive an invitation letter for the event. 2. FINANCIAL REGULATIONS 2.1 ENTRY FEE For each team registering to participate in each evnet of the 2017 season organised by the promoter chaka2 (currently all events listed in article 1.1), an entry fee shall be paid, after the issuing of the Confirmed List and before the start of the Preliminary Inquiry of: to the bank account of chaka2: 30,- EUR Sparkasse Salzburg in Austria, IBAN: AT SWIFT: SBGSAT2SXXX When a team withdraws from a competition later than 12 days before the start of the competition this fee is still due. 2.2 LICENSE FEE For each player applying for participation in any competition of the 2017 season the respective National Federation shall pay, upon receipt of the respective CEV invoice, a license fee amounting to to the bank account of the CEV: 20,- EUR BGL BNP Paribas in Luxembourg, IBAN: LU SWIFT: BGLLLULL This fee has to be paid only once per season per player. Page 6 of 7

7 3. FURTHER INFORMATION All necessary information about the CEV Snow Volleyball European Tour will be circulated to the National Federations using the. Additional information concerning the competitions and the registered teams will be posted in the Snow Volleyball section of the CEV website: Please check regularly for news, updates and team lists. 4. CONTACT ADDRESSES for Competition aspects Mr. Dennis Passig & George Gagalis / 48 E- snow@cev.lu for Financial aspects Mrs. Sylvie Collignon E- finance@cev.lu CONFÉDÉRATION EUROPÉENNE DE VOLLEYBALL 488, route de Longwy L 1940 LUXEMBOURG Grand-Duché de Luxembourg for Marketing Mr. Marion Meyers E- events@cev.lu for Media/Press Mr. Federico Ferraro & Niels Hoorelbeke / 47 E- press@cev.lu Page 7 of 7